Thursday, December 31, 2015

Be the best you that you can be!! #mgtab #eNovAaw

You've probably noticed that I've been remiss in
setting up many blogs lately and I'm very sorry that this has happened. I love
writing these posts and connecting with you all. It gives me a feeling of being
in touch with others much more than when I'm working on my books.

Writing is really an isolated - kind of a
lonely endeavor. I think authors must either be introverts and like existing in
their own heads or like me, a total extravert who gets so deeply
involved in the lives of her characters that she feels like she's
always around others through that medium.

The people in my books become my immediate social
community and I can interact with them on a daily basis until the story is
told. Now many of you who maybe don't write books might think that as a writer,
I can dictate how each character will suffer and evolve and deal with their
conflicts. So where's the enjoyment in that? But I have to tell you, that's
just not the way it happens. Sometimes - yes. But many times - uh
huh! Nope!!

Recently, in a new book I've just finished, the
first of a whole new series (working title - Mob Tracker), my
heroine, Cassidy Santino, has given me a real run for my money. Just when I
think I have her figured out, she goes and pulls a stunt I never saw coming and
it makes her grow as a person and there I am, mouth open, scratching my head
and thinking. It's brilliant! Why didn't I plot this from the beginning?
Strange thing is, I never could have.

Because fictional characters are like real people!

They can always surprise you.

That's the beauty of them… and us. We're changeable
and we adapt constantly to different circumstances.

Therefore, this new coming year can be anything we
want it to be - right? Just like I can push my heroes and heroines to behave
and reach their goals, we can all do the same in our own worlds.

So my wish for you all is that you do motivate
yourself to make this coming year of 2016 the most wonderful year ever.

Be the best you that you
can be!!

The
purpose of life is to create your Self anew, in the next grandest version of
the greatest vision ever you held about Who You Are.
(My
favorite quote by Neale Donal Walsch)